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MEMORANDUM TO: Lino Lakes Parks and Recreation Board FROM: Marty Asleson DATE: January 28, 1993 SUBJECT: Woods of Baldwin Lake Park Dedication The Woods of Baldwin Lake Developer, Mr. Clyde Rehbein has proposed the inclosed park land dedication. The total area of the development is 10. 16 acres. The total park land dedication proposed is 2 . 18 acres, of which approximately 1. 0 acres is water and wetland. This would satisfy the 10% land dedication requirement from this developer. This park would essentially be classified as a mini park. It is strongly recommended that we pursue the additional park land needs in this area to accomplish the goal of obtaining the projected 6 acre land need for this area. The thought concerning the location of the proposed Woods Of Baldwin Lake dedication is that an appropriate arrangement may be made for using Regional Park Land at the Regional Park entrance. If negotiation for additional land to the south becomes unattainable, th43n the use of the small amount of usable land in the Regional Park with the Rehbein dedication becomes very important. We are continuing the search to the south and have been in discussion on the purchase of the George Koza property directly south of Oakwood Lane. This parcel is about 17 acres with about 11 acres that are classified as wetland. We met with the owners agents and a church group that are interested in a cooperative purchase of some sort. The owner does not want to sell off pieces of this property for fear of making it un-developable. The problem that we have encountered is that the owner has what we feel is an inflated opinion of the value of his property. There has been some discussion of possibly sharing the costs of a land appraisal to resolve in our own minds the value of the property. The owner so far indicates that the land is worth $15, 000-$22, 000 per acre. The figures that I have seen all indicate much lower values for raw- land. A half acre of land with a house on it is viewed at a higher rate, by the county tax assessor, but not the additional land in a parcel over .the half-acre.